A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present

Zinn, Howard

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Publisher: Harper Collins, USA
Year First Published: {23456 A People's History of the United States PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard ttp://libcom.org/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-howard-zinn/1-columbus-the-indians-and-human-progres Harper Collins USA Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers. 1995 2003 752pp $27 BC23456s-PeoplesHistoryUSA.jpg B Book 0060528370 E178.Z75 2003 973.92--dc21 A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'. Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives. Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. [Abstract by Vei Chong] Table of Contents 1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress 2. Drawing the Colour Line 3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition 4. Tyranny is Tyranny 5. A Kind of Revolution 6. The Intimately Oppressed 7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs 8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God 9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom 10. The Other Civil War 11. Robber Barons and Rebels 12. The Empire and the People 13. The Socialist Challenge 14. War is the Health of the State 15. Self-help in Hard Times 16. A People's War? 17. "Or Does it Explode?" 18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam 19. Surprises 20. The Seventies under Control? 21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus 22. The Unreported Resistance 23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards 24. The Clinton Presidency 25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism" Afterword Bibliography Index CX8894 1 true true false CX8894.htm [0xc000148e70 0xc00133b9e0 0xc001425b30 0xc00143bc50 0xc001451fb0 0xc001ca4480 0xc0022b90e0 0xc001e37bc0 0xc0001c3920 0xc0002a1fb0 0xc0002ecab0 0xc000c42030 0xc0003f1b60 0xc00043f2c0 0xc0004a6750 0xc0006822a0 0xc0002f8cc0 0xc0003457d0 0xc0003782d0 0xc000429b90 0xc0006cedb0 0xc000b94780 0xc000d49170 0xc000d92060 0xc00053fbc0 0xc0008df5c0 0xc000aad590 0xc000b03fb0 0xc000eaacf0 0xc0011e4f00 0xc001458930 0xc0013bc5d0 0xc0016b29f0 0xc001fbd980 0xc001ffef90 0xc000420000 0xc00088a630 0xc00088b350 0xc000d2d5f0 0xc00112cab0 0xc0016cd5f0 0xc002594510 0xc0025e49f0 0xc002652510 0xc002667d40 0xc0026b4420 0xc0026c7320 0xc0026eed50 0xc0027dfcb0 0xc00289c6c0 0xc0028c7e60 0xc002b10a20 0xc002ab9980 0xc0001d5fb0] Cx}
Year Published: 2003
Pages: 752pp Price: $27 ISBN: 0060528370
Library of Congress Number: E178.Z75 2003 Dewey: 973.92--dc21
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX8894

Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.

Abstract:
A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'.

Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives.

Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations.

Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.

[Abstract by Vei Chong]

Table of Contents

1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress
2. Drawing the Colour Line
3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition
4. Tyranny is Tyranny
5. A Kind of Revolution
6. The Intimately Oppressed
7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God
9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
10. The Other Civil War
11. Robber Barons and Rebels
12. The Empire and the People
13. The Socialist Challenge
14. War is the Health of the State
15. Self-help in Hard Times
16. A People's War?
17. "Or Does it Explode?"
18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam
19. Surprises
20. The Seventies under Control?
21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus
22. The Unreported Resistance
23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards
24. The Clinton Presidency
25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism"
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

A People's History of the United States1492 - Present

Subject Headings

A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present